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Local woman gives a kidney to save a life learned in February birthday that she was a blood type match with Geliashvili, 51. On What began as a celebratory March 10, they both underwent birthday dinner at a popular surgery at North Shore UniverGlen Cove restaurant led to a sity Hospital, in Manhasset, life-altering moment when and they reunited days later Susanne Deegan, of Sea Cliff, with the transplant team, marktold La Bussola manager David ing the success of a procedure Geliashvili, of Locust Valley, that ended over a year of uncerthat she would get tested to see tainty and physical stress for if she could donate Geliashvili. a kidney. “There are not Deegan and her enough words for husband, Daniel, me to thank were celebrating Susanne,” he said. his 60th birthday “I call her my o n Ju l y 8 , s u rangel. There are rounded by family angels among us.” and friends at the Geliashvili’s Italian restaurant. journey to a transAs Susanne was plant began in the enjoying a favorite fall of 2024, when dish, stuffed artihe began experiencchokes, the evening DAVID GElIAShVIlI i n g f a t i g u e a n d took a serious turn Locust Valley shortness of when Geliashvili breath. He initially revealed troubling believed he had the news. flu. But by December 2024, his “He told us at the table he condition had worsened, and he said, ‘I’m sick and I need a kid- went to the emergency room, ney,’” Deegan recounted. “I where doctors diagnosed him said, ‘I’ll get tested.’” with polycystic kidney disease At the time, it was a sponta- — a condition that had also neous response. But months affected members of his family. later, that pledge became a realWithin days of his diagnosis, ity. After a series of medical he began dialysis treatments, a evaluations, Dee g an, 55,
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North Shore Volleyball’s USA club team was ranked 20th out of 80 teams in its age bracket in its first season.
USA club volleyball team ranks high New opportunity for seventh graders on North Shore By JUlIA CAPITEllI jcapitelli@liherald.com
When North Shore Volleyball was created by parents in the North Shore community last year, its mission was to provide more opportunities for girls in the school district to play the sport and improve their skills. North Shore Volleyball offers several programs, the latest addition being a club team registered with USA Volleyball. With only a seventh-grade USA club team right now, the program remains limited, but Coach Allan Wright said more teams could be added next season. This year, coaches had to be certified by USA Volleyball, the national governing body for the sport, with training from the U.S. Center for SafeSport, an
entity dedicated to abuse prevention. The club team then had to be registered with USA Volleyball and send invitations to interested players. Those players also had to register with USA Volleyball. The team must register for each tournament and submit its roster. The club team practices twice a week for a total of three hours, twice the amount that North Shore Volleyball’s Catholic Youth Organization team practices. “Volleyball is way too difficult a sport for that really to take much,” Wright explained. “So, it was very recreational, and anybody who was serious about it essentially had to leave our area and go join a club somewhere else.” He added that if CYO players joined CoNtiNUed oN pAge 11
here are not enough words for me to thank Susanne. I call her my angel.
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